Roy M Allen

US Patent:

7912183, Mar 22, 2011

Filed:

Oct 9, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/545651

Inventors:

Aaron Harrell - Charlotte NC, US
Jackie Walker, Jr. - Charlotte NC, US
John Jopp - Kannapolis NC, US
Roy Allen - Cherryville NC, US
Kirk Brown - Concord NC, US
Joel Wilson - Olin NC, US
Barron Cain - Roswell GA, US
Thomas Prange - Salisbury NC, US

Assignee:

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Reno NV

International Classification:

H04M 1/24
H04M 3/08
H04M 3/22

US Classification:

379 903, 379 904, 379 1401, 379 1501, 379 2204, 379 2905

Abstract:

Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, user devices and computer program products for providing network status information. Methods include receiving alarm data for an event from a plurality of sources. The alarm data includes a plurality of alarm records each including a site identifier. The alarm data is processed to create report data. The processing includes assigning an attribute of failed to each of the site identifiers that are specified in more than a threshold number of the alarm records. The report data comprises at least digital loop carrier information. The report data is transmitted to a mechanized loop test (MLT) testing system capable of generating MLT test results. The MLT test results are used to adjust the digital loop carrier information included in the report data, wherein the digital loop carrier information specifies a quantity of digital carrier loop lines that are out of service.

US Patent:

20070036083, Feb 15, 2007

Filed:

Aug 11, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/203024

Inventors:

Joel Wilson - Statesville NC, US
Roy Allen - Cherryville NC, US
Kirk Brown - Concord NC, US

International Classification:

H04J 3/14

US Classification:

370242000, 370252000

Abstract:

Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, user devices and computer program products for providing network status information. Methods include receiving alarm data for an event from a plurality of sources. The alarm data includes a plurality of alarm records each including a site identifier. The alarm data is processed to create report data. The processing includes assigning an attribute of failed to each of the site identifiers that are specified in more than a threshold number of the alarm records.

US Patent:

20080089225, Apr 17, 2008

Filed:

Oct 12, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/546686

Inventors:

Felix Ammay - Kings Mountain NC, US
Jackie Walker - Charlotte NC, US
Janice Darty - Cumming GA, US
Roy Allen - Cherryville NC, US

International Classification:

H04J 1/16

US Classification:

370216

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating network outage reports. The methods include receiving alarm data for a network outage which, if not remedied, may become a reportable event. The alarm data includes a plurality of alarm records each including a site identifier, a date, a time, and an outage event description. The alarm records are processed to determine outage information comprising at least one of a current outage duration or a current quantity of lines affected by the outage. A reportable event threshold defines at least one of a minimum reportable outage duration or a minimum reportable quantity of lines affected by the outage. If the current outage duration is greater than the minimum reportable outage duration, or if the current quantity of lines affected by the outage is greater than the minimum reportable quantity of lines affected by the outage, or both, then a network outage report is generated which associates the network outage with a graphical indicia.